By Matt Agorist An incredibly profound observation of the effects of methylendioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on octopuses was just published this week in Current Biology. The findings of the study titled, “A Conserved Role for Serotonergic Neurotransmission in Mediating Social Behavior in Octopus,” suggest incredible implications for how…
By Matt Bertone, North Carolina State University I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem – as…
By Seokheun Choi, Binghamton University, State University of New York It seems like every few months there’s a new cellphone, laptop or tablet that is so exciting people line up around the block to get their hands on it. While the perpetual introduction of new,…
By Nicholas West One of America’s oldest insurance companies, John Hancock, has its eyes set firmly on the future. With the arrival of Big Data and the now never-ending stream of information that is available to data brokers on individuals in nearly real time, the…
By Richard Gale and Gary Null, Natural Blaze It is time to take a serious, critical look at Wikipedia and its mission. Is it everything it purports to be as an objective encyclopedic source of knowledge or just another anti-democratic social media dynasty resorting to the…
By Phillip Schneider South Africa’s highest court legalized the possession and use of cannabis on Tuesday in what is being called a landmark ruling for South African liberty. Because of the unanimous ruling, South African adults can even grow their own marijuana for personal use, so long as…
By John Vibes Marion, Ohio – This Monday, another suspect pleaded guilty to his role in a human-trafficking ring that took advantage of immigrant children and forced them into slave labor. 50-year-old Pablo Duran Ramirez Jr. is the fourth person to plead guilty in the…
SPECIAL REPORT By Dilyana Gaytandzhieva The US Embassy to Tbilisi transports frozen human blood and pathogens as diplomatic cargo for a secret US military program. Internal documents, implicating US diplomats in the transportation of and experimenting on pathogens under diplomatic cover were leaked to me by…
By Jessica Corbett Super Typhoon Mangkhut, which struck the Philippines early Saturday as “the planet’s strongest storm in 2018” before heading for China, has killed at least 69 people, and the death toll expected to rise in the worst hit portions of the Philippines as rescue workers search for…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Americans for Responsible Technology and Grassroots teamed up the week of September 9, 2018 to visit members of the U.S. Congress House and Senate Commerce Committees, which have jurisdiction over the Federal Communications Commission, in order to inform legislative directors and…
By John Vibes Eagle, CO — Fourth grader Quintin Lovato suffers from epilepsy and Tourette’s syndrome, and for most of his life these conditions have made living a normal life nearly impossible for him. Quintin had trouble with basic functions and could barely walk until…
By Andy Coghlan Many plastic bottles are sold as “BPA-free” — meaning they don’t contain bisphenol A, an ingredient known to disrupt reproduction in mice. But now it seems that the additives used in place of BPA are potentially just as harmful. “The discovery could…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Scientists are always looking for the most perfect, most exotic superfood that will do away with our belly fat woes. Have they found the holy grail hiding in the Amazon? Before we blame all obesity on “overfed” overeaters, it’s important to remember that…
By Sustainable Pulse Citing a recent report by the Environmental Working Group finding traces of the ‘known carcinogen’ glyphosate in Cheerios, Quaker Oats and other oat-based breakfast foods, plaintiffs Tamara Frankel and Natasha Paracha said Friday that Bob’s Red Mill knew its oat products contain…
By Matt Agorist Mill Valley, CA — As 5G technology begins to roll out across the country, it is being met by a massive wave of resistance over concerns that it can cause health problems. One city in California—reacting to an overwhelming outpouring of concern—has…
By Melinda Cafferty, Natural Blaze As solar energy technology picks up, it is now becoming more affordable, pliable and accessible to the average home owner. The “organic solar panels” were just printed up by Professor Paul Dastoor using conventional printers, that is – they were…
Kratom Warriors: We’re sounding the alarm. If Scott Gottlieb continues to spew his lies about kratom, the DEA will schedule it. A few days ago, we recognized the anniversary of the Notice of Scheduling for kratom. Make no mistake, they tried to schedule kratom once and the…
By Edge Canopy A study to be performed by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, Penn State University, Loma Linda University (LLU), and Tufts University will literally pay people to eat avocados. 250 test subjects will be observed while consuming the avocados, according to the researchers,…
By Edge Canopy Apparently human beings feature tiny tunnels in their heads, according to a report recently put forth by a team of medical researchers. Recently, they claim to have identified “tunnels” in the brains of both mice and human beings. They are described as small channels that…
By Alex Pietrowski There’s a certain magic to the business of patenting medicines. For decades, pharmaceutical companies have been seeking out indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants and bringing this into the laboratory in order to develop synthesized or variant versions of natural medicines, then patenting them. This is…
